Coronavirus

A report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) accused the Smithsonian Museum of misusing a portion of its COVID-19 relief funds. The Smithsonian Museum was granted $7.2 million as part of the COVID-19 relief package under the 2020…

The year 2021 began with the hopes of recovering from the strike of the pandemic, but that didn’t come to pass. Besides that, some old controversies kept plaguing the art world, while some new ones also rose. Here are the biggest debates…

With the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreading fast and vaccination not covering people as rapidly as expected, many events in New York are being canceled. The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) today announced that it…

A report by Prado Museum confirmed just how much museums have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, the Museo Nacional del Prado (commonly known as Prado Museum) reported that it witnessed a drop of 75.5 percent in its…

A group of museums in Switzerland has demanded the government to end lockdown and allow opening art institutions soon. A group of museum and exhibition venues in Basel, Switzerland has written an open letter to the government, urging…

The global COVID-19 pandemic has hit the art world unlike anything else. Since March 2020, art institutions continue to face the impact of the pandemic. Now, a report has revealed another concrete example of this impact. The famed Louvre…

For artist Yayoi Kusama, things have been getting from bad to worse. The anticipated retrospective at Gropius Bau at Berlin became her latest exhibition to be canceled recently. The exhibition at Gropius Bau was thought to be the most…

The layoff due to Covid-19 continued last week as both Pace Gallery and Gavin Brown laid off its staff. The coronavirus pandemic has proven to be harsh for all professions, especially for the art world. On Thursday last week, Pace…

Italy has been on the worse receiving end of the coronavirus epidemic that has affected the whole world, the art community included. Now, the country is in a lockdown, which has forced art galleries to shut their doors to the public. The…

The latest victim of Coronavirus in the art world was the Art Dubai event, which was indefinitely postponed at the face of the threat. On March 3, the organizers at Art Dubai announced that the upcoming art event would be postponed…